Can-opener.



PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

M. J. PERREN.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

M'LJ. PERREN.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MYRON' J. .FERREN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA;

' CAN-OPENER.

Specification of Lette rs Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

'To all whom it may concern.-

My invention relates to can 0 eners or cut' ters; and its'ohject is to provi e a device of simple construction by the aid of which a can may be cut or opened with great ra idity and with a minimum expenditure of e ort.

The invention includes the combination and arrangement of component parts and the details of construction to be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is susceptible of various embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope thereof; but for the purpose of clearly explaining the same it has been deemed necessary toillustrate and describe but a single exemplification of the complete device and a modification of the cutting mechanism proper.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device; Fig. 2, a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view; Fig. 4, an elevation of the modiiied construction of cutting mechanism proper; Fig. 5, a detail view of the same.

ig. 6 is a detail view' of a modified form of connection betweentwo of the gears, and Fig. 7 is a plan View of the stop-arm.

The illustrated exemplification of the invention comprises generally a suitable su porting-frame intended to rest upon or. e secured to a table, shelf, or the like, a cutter for operating upon the can, means engaging the can for supporting and rotating the same during the cutting operation, a hand-operated crank, and drive mechanism interposed between the latter and the supporting devices and cutter. V

The sup orting-frame shown in the accomganying rawings includes a horizontallyisposed base 1, having a forwardl -extending loop ortion for the reception 0 the ed e ofthe ta le, shelf, or the like, and asuitab e screw 2 for clamping the base to the table, and vertically-disposed standards 3 4, preferably cast integral with the-base 1.

The supporting and rotating means for the can, illustrated in the drawings, consists of two disks 5 6, intended, respectively, to coact with the-peripheral edgeor bead at the edge of the u per and lower ends of the can, each of whic disks is preferably provided with a grooved periphery roughened or milled to afford a good gri ping-surface. The disk 5 is shown as secure u on a horizontal shaft 7, which is 'ourna ed in the standards 3 4, and has fixed thereto an operating-crank 8. The disk 6 is arranged beneath and in alinement with the disk 5 and is mounted upon a horizontal shaft 9, ournaled in a bearing-block movably mounted in the standard 3. Suitable drive mechanism is interposed between .the shafts 7 9. The illustrated embodiment of this mechanism includes a vertically-disposed transmission-shaft 10, having a beveled gear 11 fixed thereto at one end, which intermeshes with a com anion gear '12 on the shaft 7, and a second eveled gear 13, keyed thereon and capable of sliding lengthwise thereof, which intermeshes with a companion gear 14 onthe shaft 9.

The shaft 9 is mounted in a movable bearing, as premised, in order that the disk 6 may be shifted toward and from the dlsk 5 to facilitate the placing of a can between the two and for varying the distance between the disks to accommodate cans of varying lengths.

It is preferable that the dlsk 6 be y1eldingly pressed toward the disk 5, and the means for effecting this purpose (illustrated in the drawings) includes a shlftable rest 15 and a suitable spring interposed between the same and the bearing-block for the shaft 9.

Qn reference to Fig. 2 it will beseen that the rest 15 is provided at one end with a hook 16, designed to engage with any one of a vertical series of pins or projections 17 on the front face of standard 3, with a laterally-disposed lug 18, intended to pro ect beneath the bearing-block of the shaft 9 and with an under edge upon the .opposlte side of the lug from the hook 16, designed to engage with one of a series or pins or projectlons l9'on the front face of standard 3. Between the lu 18 and the under side of the bearlng bloc a suitable spring is placed, the same bemglllustrated herein as a leaf-spring, secured mtermediate of its ends to the under side of the bearing-block and having its ends arranged LII its movement by means of the shaft 7, the end of which extends through a slot 27 in the body of said knife.

To hold the can properly centered during the cutting operation and to resist the tendency of the can to ride from between the disks 5 6, a suitable stop 28 is provided. In the accompanying drawings this stop is shown as an arm adjustably mounted on the standard 3, so that it may be moved toward and'froni the vertical plane of the axes of the disks 5 6 in order to accommodate cans of varying diameters and in addition may be thrown entirely out of action, or to the rear of the plane of the disk, so that it will be out of the way in case it is desired to cut a square can, or a can other than a round one is to be operated upon. The arm here shown is provided with a laterally-extending pin 29, revolving in a socket in the standard 3, with which a binding-screw 30 coacts for holding the arm in adjusted position.

The construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood upon reference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, and it will be appreciated that the parts and combinations recited may be varied within a wide range without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a can-opening device, means for en gaging the peripheral beads on the upper and lower heads of the can while the latter is in an uncut condition, means for rotating the engaging means to impart a rotary movement to the can and means for cutting the can during the rotation thereof.

2. In a can-opening device, disks having concave peripheries to receive the beads at the opposite ends of the can, means for rota'ting the disks whereby a rotary movement isimparted to the can, and. a cutter.

3. In a"'can-opener, means for supporting and directly imparting a rotary movement to the can, a cutter having movement during the rotation of the can, and means common to the cutter and supporting means for operating said mechanisms.

4.. In a'can-opener, means for supporting and rotflti'rigfa can, a cutter and means for reciprocati'ng the cutter in synchronism with the rotation of the can.

and rotating a can comprising a drive-shaft, a counter-shaft, transmitting mechanism 1nterposed between the same and the driveshaft for driving the former from the latter,

a cutter driven from the counter-shaft and operating during the rotation of the can.

6. In a can-opener, means for supporting and rotating a can including a driveshaft,-a'

counter-shaft, transmitting mechanism interposed between the same and the drive-shaft for driving the former from the latter, a cutter and a,, crank on the counter-shaft operatively connected to the cutter for reciprocatin the latter.

7. In a can-opener, means for supporting and rotating a can including a drive-shaft, a counter-shaft, transmitting mechanism interposed between the same and the drive-shaft for driving the former from the latter, a cutter, a crank on the counter-shaft operatively connected to the cutter for reciprocating the same, and an extension on the drive-shaft coactin with the cutter to guide the same.

' 8. In a can-opener, disks engaging the peripheral beads at the ends of the can, said disks having peripheral grooves andthe 'surface of the grooves being roughened, drive mechanism for the disks, and means for cutting the can, substantially as described.

9. In a can-opener, adjustably-held upper and lower disks engaging the opposite edges of the can, means for rotating the disks whereby a rotary motion is imparted to the can, and a knife for cutting the can-head during the rotation thereof, substantially as de. scribed.

10. In a can-opening device, a frame, a cutter, disks for engaging the can, a shaft carryin one of said disks, a hand-operated cranr thereon, a second shaft carrying the other disk, and drive mechanism interposed between the shafts, substantially as described.

1 1. In a can-opening device, an upper disk for engaging the upper end of the can, a lower. disk for engaging the lower end of the can, the latter being movable toward and from the first-named disk, means for rotating said disk whereby rotary movement is imparted to the can, and a knife for operating upon the can during the rotary movement thereof, subscribed.

13. In a can-opener and in combination, an upper disk, a shaft carrying the same, an operatin -crank mounted on the shaft, a lower (iii, a second shaft'carrying the same,

a movable bearing for the lower disk, trans- 5. In a can-opener, means for supporting" mission-gearing interposed between the first ICO and a spring interpose movable bearing for the lower disk, transmission-gearihg interposed between the first and second shafts, a cutter for operating upon the can, and means exerting a yielding pressure on the bearing including a rest, and a spring interposed between the rest and the bearing,

substantially as described.

15. In a can-opener and in combination, an

upper disk, a shaft carrying the same, an op' crating-crank mounted on the shaft, a lower disk, a second shaft carrying the same, a movable bearing for the lower disk, transmis: sion-gearings interposed between the first and second shafts, a cutter for operating upon the can, and means exerting a yielding pressure on the bearing includin an adjustable rest, between the same and the bearing with which it is associated, substantially as described.

16. In a can opener and in combination, a frame, a shaft journaled therein, a disk mounted on one end of the same for engaging the periphery of the can, an operating-handle mounted upon its opposite end, a second shaft, a bearing mounted in the frame and movable lengthwise thereof in which said second shaft is journaled, a disk for-engaging the can fixed to the second shaft, transmission-gearing interposed between the first and second shafts, 'a cutter for operating on the can, two series of vertical pins projectin from the frame, a member supported by saidv pins, and a spring interposed between said member and the movable bearing for the second shaft, substantially as described.

17. In a can-opener and in combination, a support for one end of the can, a support for the other end of the can having a rotary movement whereby a rotary movement is imparted to the can, a cutter for operating .upon the can, and a stop for retaining the can in operative position, substantially as described.

18. .In a can-opener and in combination, a support for one end of the can, a support for the other end of the can having a rotary movement whereby a rotary movement is imparted to the can, a cutter for operating upon the can, and an arm constituting a stop ad-,

' justable in one direction-to accommodate cans of varying diameters and having a movement in another direction'to carry the same out of active position, substantiall as described.-

In testimony whereof have hereunto signed my name, in thepresence of two attesting witnesses, at Washington, District of Columbia, this 3d day of July, 1905.

, MYRON J. FERREN. Witnesses: HENR E. COOPER,

FANNIE R. Frr'roN. 

